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Tom Carper: “Thanks to champions like Senator Ed Muskie, a Democrat from Maine, ... Congress enacted the Clean Water Act in 1972.”

On the recordOctober 17, 2023
Thanks to champions like Senator Ed Muskie, a Democrat from Maine, ... Congress enacted the Clean Water Act in 1972.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Carper acknowledges the bipartisan effort that led to the Clean Water Act's passage.

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